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Figure showing 3 panels,(A) a picture of annelid Capitella teleta on black background, (B) a cladogram with major biological model organisms showing the phylogenetic position of C. teleta and (C) schematics of the 10 chromosomes of C. teleta

New from @chemamd.bsky.social lab @qmulsbbs.bsky.social Collab with Elaine Seaver, @baxevanislab.bsky.social @neva-meyer.bsky.social @abhinavsur.bsky.social

New chromosome-level assembly for Capitella teleta 🪱

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💥 Our lab at @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social is expanding!

We’re recruiting:
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The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs - Nature Ecology & Evolution This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms of organ evolution and how complex tr...

New Review 👇

The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Margarida Cardoso-Moreira discusses rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms of organ evolution and how complex traits contributed to the diversification of vertebrates.

Preprint Editors – Development's next step into the preprint landscape Summary: This Editorial announces a call for Preprint Editors in Development to help expand the journal's relationship with preprints by curating our ‘In preprints’ articles.

New from @dev-journal.bsky.social: we're launching a new initiative and hiring Preprint Editors to help navigate the growing world of preprints in developmental & stem cell biology

Join our community & shape the future of research

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The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs Nature Ecology & Evolution - This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms...

Our internal organs are evolutionary marvels. New technologies are transforming our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate organs. You can find more by reading here:
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Join us in Vienna for the biggest international 'FISH' meeting in 2026! No matter which fish is your favorite model - zebrafish, medaka, killifish, cavefish, Danionella, cichlids, stickleback, you name them...- this meeting is for you!

www.ezm2026.org

Abstract submission deadline is March 15th.

We have a postdoc position available. Please forward to anyone who may be interested.

New Preprint!! 🦐🪰🦀

In this study we compared moulting gene expression across insects and crustaceans. #insects #crustaceans

Thread ⬇️ (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (March-June). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

Very interesting and thorough discussion of the history and challenges of the #genotype -> #phenotype mapping.
A genetic approach, of course. Are we missing something in that 'missing #heritability'?
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Annotating genomes at increased scale and resolution Nature Reviews Genetics - In this Review, Ji et al. overview how rapidly advancing experimental and computational methods are enabling improved and automated annotation of gene structure and...

Our new review on genome annotation just appeared in @naturerevgenet.bsky.social, with a particular focus on the human genome, with Hayden Ji and Mihaela Pertea: rdcu.be/e4mI1

Can we accurately map cell family trees using mtDNA? Excited to share MitoDrift, a high-precision single-cell lineage inference tool, enabling reliable mapping of lineage history to cell phenotypes. doi.org/10.64898/202...
Joint with @gaoteng.bsky.social. @bloodgenes.bsky.social @jswlab.bsky.social🧵

Interested in the evo-devo of the mammalian cerebellum? This review is a must-read!

Really happy to have contributed to this work, led by @marisepp.bsky.social , together with @ioansarr.bsky.social .

Symbiotic entrenchment through ecological Catch-22 A symbiotic rove beetle develops a stealth phenotype by silencing production of its hydrocarbon pheromones, enabling it to infiltrate ant colonies, steal ant pheromones, and achieve social acceptance ...

Symbiotic entrenchment through ecological Catch-22: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

This paper marks the end of a long but rewarding project - and the start of something new (more below👇).

Massive thanks to @kaessmannlab.bsky.social, @ioansarr.bsky.social, @tyamadat.bsky.social, our amazing collaborators @steinaerts.bsky.social, Stefan Pfister, Rüdiger Behr and the entire team! 💙

Throat coloration in common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis). From top to bottom: White morph with the characteristic green and black coloration of the nigriventris syndrome; White morph with the ancestral brown phenotype; yellow and orange morphs from populations where individuals show varying expression of the nigriventris characters.

Two new Science studies on lizard coloration reveal how a delicate interplay of genetics, environment, and social dynamics can either preserve or erase polymorphic diversity in species.

📄: https://scim.ag/4srYKHi
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Enforced specificity of an entrenched symbiosis Wagner et al. uncover how the specificity of a myrmecophile rove beetle to its single host ant species arises not from sensory specialization on host cues. Instead, constraints on dispersal and aggres...

Interesting new research showing how even slight fitness differences in host shifting can constrain what could be a generalist ant symbiont to one particular host species.

Open Senior Bioinformatician position at
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me.

📅 Apply by January 18
🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

Sex differences in tissue-specific immunity and immunology Biological sex exerts a substantial influence on the immune system and immune-related diseases. Males are more susceptible to the acute effects of viral disease and certain cancers, whereas females ex...

Researchers in a recent #ScienceReview examine the influence that biological sex exerts on the immune system and immune-related diseases.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/48YKHAe

Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...

This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evolution of new cell types 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Anouk Necsulea, @maelledaunesse.bsky.social and myself are organising a symposium at SMBE this year.

Send us all of your abstracts!!

#Mastodon, the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets, is finally heading for publication (well, let's see). To #cite or not to cite shall no longer be the question 🙃, because the #preprint. Software is available in every #Fiji near you.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

It’s that time of the year again: we are looking for a new cohort of @jevbio.bsky.social editors. Join our board and support your #SocietyJournal!

A novel Hox gene promoter fuels the evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in wing eyespots of satyrid butterflies - Nature Ecology & Evolution Many satyrid butterflies show seasonal variation in wing eyespot size in response to temperature. Tissue-specific transcriptomics, comparative genomics and genome editing identify a taxon-specific pro...

Tissue-specific transcriptomics, comparative genomics and genome editing identify a taxon-specific promoter of a Hox gene that controls eyespot size plasticity and probably contributed to wing eyespot diversity in satyrid butterflies 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The full list of instructors is available here
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🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!

Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.

Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...

New preprint led by the brilliant @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social on cichlid brain diversification, fgf8a signalling and regulatory divergence with TEs on the mix! All part of a wonderful collaboration with @ebablab.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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LondonEvoDevo meeting's website

Come join the #LondonEvoDevo network half day meeting, hosted at @ucl.ac.uk on Friday November 7th, 2025. Submit your abstract by Oct 27th (or your interest in joining) here: forms.gle/TRbdrCkQTcY2.... Friendly vibes and free registration. More info here: londonevodevo.co.uk.

Excited to share the preprint from my main postdoc project! It’s been a long journey—huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @leticiarm1618.bsky.social for being the best collaborator one could ask for, and the amazing @kaessmannlab.bsky.social lab for the invaluable support!

Interested in understanding how new cell types evolve? Consider joining our group for a PhD!